Registry office weddings

Has anyone had one or been to one?
Which office (and state)?
Did you find it tacky?
Would you think someone having a wedding there to be tacky or cheap?
What would one wear as a bride/groom?

Any other ideas or comments welcome :)

I've never been to one personally (I was intertate at the time), but a girl I worked with had one and, by all accounts, it was a lovely ceremony. Her and her husband then had a ****tail party back at their house afterwards, so their attire was ****tail party style. She's a very classy lady (think Audrey Hepburn) so I don't think the ceremony would have been tacky at all.

Another couple I know posted pics on FB after their surprise wedding. They both looked lovely (and over the moon) with their two young boys getting married in the registry office. He wore an open necked smart shirt and pants and she wore a lovely after 5 dress and had a small bouquet.

Both ceremonies were in Brisbane.

A wedding ceremony should be about the people getting married not about the show. Well, that's my opinion.

I went to one in Melbourne and it was lovely. The groom wore a dinner suit and the bride wore a 1920's inspired cream lace gown.

We got married at the registry in Melbourne. We had about 50 people invited, but there was a lot of family drama and in the end I put my foot down (37 weeks pregnant lol!) and it ended up just being myself, DH, my mum and DH's friend (who took photos). Honestly, it was perfect for us and very intimate. We had a nice dinner out with family and friends that night. Perfect :)

I got married in the Perth Registry Office 7 years ago. I didn't think it was tacky, but it was definitely cheap! The room itself has been upgraded since, my sister was married there a few years later and it's much nicer now. It had seating for 24 people, so our families were there. I came in last, with Dad by my side, and everyone stood up and hummed 'Here Comes The Bride' - unplanned and completely adorable!

I wore a white dress. Not a wedding dress per se, it was a prom dress I had found in a store and ordered in white. I had no veil, but in restrospect I would've loved a birdcage veil - not too heavy for the surroundings, but still traditional with a funky overtone.

We got married there because we had a completely crap engagement period, and Professor had a truck accident, and the WC hadn't come through, so we were broke. It worked for us, and as much as I would've loved a church ceremony, I just don't think I could've handled all the attention. As it was, we left our reception at 8:30 because I couldn't handle the people anymore!

The pic below is the two of us just after being pronounced man and wife - I'll put some more pics in my album for you to check out :)

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ETA - We went to a local park and took our own pics on everyone's dig cameras afterwards :)

Keike - You looked beautiful!

PumpkinZulu - I'm looking into the Melbourne office, I love the building and the rooms looked so pretty (well on the website). We wouldn't have many people there, maybe 15 if that.

Im thinking this would suit our budget. Both been married before so don't want the big out there wedding again, and this would be more intimate I reckon. Just wouldn't want people thinking its tacky or cheap (maybe even not 'real' I guess, even though it is)!

I sometimes wish we'd had a registry wedding, we looked into it but the person we spoke to was quite negative about it which did put us off. I really wasn't into having a wedding (just wanted to be married!) and I can see now that it would have been perfect for us!

I've been to one and thought it was awful, but I didn't know the couple at all and it was over in about five minutes. If they'd tried to make it special it would have been alright, but there was no feeling of importance in the room. It was like a few people had turned up to watch another few people do paperwork. I'm not even sure the couple liked each other, the way they were acting... As with any kind of wedding, it's what you make it. I'm sure there were some people who thought my wedding was crap because the ceremony was relaxed and not stuffy and uptight!

Rosetti it's sounds like it would be perfect for you :) It's a gorgeous building. I love our wedding pics. I didn't wear a white dress, it was silver satin. I was HUGE, I gained a lot of weight in DD1's pregnancy but I still think it looked okay.

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ETA I think I uploaded the pic wrong :/ it wouldn't let me do it the normal way via tapatalk, so I'm going to flag this for a mod.

I wish we had eloped or had a registry wedding. I don't feel its tacky, it is what you make it. We had 150 people at our big hoo ha, mind you some still thought it was tacky lol. I wore a ball dress in white too Keike. I had no veil. And we refused to dance haha

We got married at the Perth Registry Office back in 2007 (looking lovely being 8 months pregnant!) Hubby wore a suit and I wore a simple Dress :)
As we couldn't please our families, we told no one except 2 of our close friends who were witnesses, and then we went to the park and took even more pics!
After we had signed the paper work we sent (here is the tacky bit) text msgs to EVERYONE saying I am now Mrs E!

Then, 2 years ago I went to my sisters wedding at the Melbourne office! Was gorgeous! Had about 25 friends and family go. And as PZ showed in her pic, taking pics in front of the office is a must! We have loads of pics of my sister and the family on the steps!
We then headed to the nearby garden and took 1000000's more pics! (hubby was the photographer for the day!)

I loved both of the weddings for the simplicity and the price!

We eloped in October last year and got married on a beach in cairns with Ds and 2 random people from the beach as our witnesses! It was perfect. Totally our style and we avoided drama as both our families are of different faiths. Our photos were gorgeous and we had an amazing day. Our families though bummed we didn't tell them or invite them were totally fine with it and we ended up having mini celebrations with each family the next time we saw them ( both sets live interstate in different states!)

Do what feels right for you! It's your day! We wore pretty casual stuff, dh was in a white collared shirt with sleeves rolled up and untucked and a pair of tailored shorts and I wore a short flowy dress. Will try and upload some pics.

PumpkinZulu - Gorgeous pic and you look fab being pregnant!! I think your selling me this office for sure lol

The more comments and stories I read from you all, the more I know this is what I want. Family will turn their noses, but stuff them. I'm sure they will still come along and celebrate with us regardless. Few nice pics, surrounded with family/friends plus our own bub (thinking later this year, so after they are born) as well as my other 3 children. Will be perfect :)

My BIL and SIL got married at registry in Melbourne a couple of years ago, but they were only allowed to have a total of 10 people, meaning that DH (the brother - and only sibling - of the groom) and I weren't invited :o

They had a party afterwards, but it caused a bit of a stir...

I went to one in the Melbourne Registry office. The couple had already had a wedding in India as a pre:wedding honeymoon, this service was for friends and family. It was beautiful. They had the smaller room so you can easily accommodate a smaller wedding. They have all sorts of packages for all budgets.
The Bride and Groom wore traditional wedding dresses and suits and everyone dressed up.
Then it was to an Indian restaurant for a banquet (they were not Indian by the way, just love the food).
It was such a nice relaxed wedding, no dramas what so ever and we all had a ball.

You could have so many options if you were not too sure about the Registery Office - there are heaps of parks and gardens you could use which after speaking to the applicable council might be cheaper then the registery office.

Then all you need to do is find a Marriage Celebrant who doesn't charge heaps and see what they can offer.

If you're not keen on a registry wedding - how about a celebrant? We were wed in our celebrants garden :)

Whatever you decide - own it! It's what you make of it.

We had one AGES ago. The room wasn't flash but did the job. Then everyone adjourned to our local bar/pub which had a lovely beer garden & sat out in the sun the whole Avro. Lovely day! Cruisy easy! :)

Thanks all. I'm torn between registry (with it being indoors and weather won't matter) and the outdoors with a celebrant near/on a beach... Then worrying about weather and working out a back up plan.

Both have pros and cons, so just have to see what works best and value wise :)